Brett Collins is an NHMRC Career Development Fellow and head of the Molecular Trafficking Lab at UQ's Institute for Molecular Bioscience. He was a lead investigator in the seminal structural studies of AP2, the protein adaptor molecule central to clathrin-mediated endocytosis, and has since defined the molecular basis for the function of critical proteins regulating membrane trafficking and signalling at the endosome organelle. His team is now focused on understanding how discrete molecular interactions between proteins and lipids control these processes in human cells.
Associate Professor Collins was awarded his PhD in 2001 and has published over 75 papers including in Cell, Nature, Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, Developmental Cell, and The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, altogether cited more than 3100 times. He is the recipient of 3 prestigious fellowships, including a previous Career Development Award from the National Health and Medical Research Council and a Future Fellowship from the Australian Research Council, and was awarded the University of Queensland Research Excellence Award in 2008. In 2015 he was awarded the Emerging Leader Award of the ANZSCDB and in 2016 the Merck Research Medal from the ASBMB. He is currently the President of the Queensland Protein Group.
Trafficking is essential for normal cellular function and is perturbed in many different diseases, notably Alzheimer’s and other neurological disorders, pathogen invasion, cancer and inflammation. A/Prof Collins is probing the fundamental mechanisms of membrane transport, through the application of high-resolution structure determination, quantitative biophysical analyses of molecular interactions, and correlated cellular studies of essential protein machineries. Understanding these molecular mechanisms will allow us to determine how their dysfunction contributes to disease and how to target them for new therapies.
Journal Article: Insights into the PX (phox-homology) domain and SNX (sorting nexin) protein families: structures, functions and roles in disease
Teasdale, Rohan D. and Collins, Brett M. (2012). Insights into the PX (phox-homology) domain and SNX (sorting nexin) protein families: structures, functions and roles in disease. Biochemical Journal, 441 (Part 1), 39-59. doi: 10.1042/BJ20111226
Journal Article: Phox homology band 4.1/ezrin/radixin/moesin-like proteins function as molecular scaffolds that interact with cargo receptors and Ras GTPases
Ghai, Rajesh, Mobli, Mehdi, Norwood, Suzanne J., Bugarcic, Andrea, Teasdale, Rohan D., King, Glenn F. and Collins, Brett M. (2011). Phox homology band 4.1/ezrin/radixin/moesin-like proteins function as molecular scaffolds that interact with cargo receptors and Ras GTPases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108 (19), 7763-7768. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1017110108
Journal Article: A SNARE-adaptor interaction is a new mode of cargo recognition in clathrin-coated vesicles
Miller, Sharon E., Collins, Brett M., McCoy, Airlie J., Robinson, Margaret S. and Owen, David J. (2007). A SNARE-adaptor interaction is a new mode of cargo recognition in clathrin-coated vesicles. Nature, 450 (7169), 570-574. doi: 10.1038/nature06353
From structural mechanisms of endosomal trafficking to therapies for neurodegenerative diseases
(2023–2027) NHMRC Investigator Grants
The functional architecture of a unique family of lipid droplet proteins
(2023–2026) ARC Discovery Projects
Nanocrystal Electron Diffraction Facility
(2023–2024) ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
Structural Studies of Cavin Complex Formation and Interaction with Regulatory Proteins
Doctor Philosophy
Structural Characterisation of Endosomal Trafficking Protein Sorting Nexin 27
Doctor Philosophy
Structural and cellular analysis of Rab GTPases for drug development in cancer.
Doctor Philosophy
Developing synthetic nanobodies for high resolution structural studies
High resolution structural studies of the Commander protein complex essential for intracellular trafficking
Structure and function of endosomal sorting nexin proteins.
Teasdale, Rohan D. and Collins, Brett M. (2012). Insights into the PX (phox-homology) domain and SNX (sorting nexin) protein families: structures, functions and roles in disease. Biochemical Journal, 441 (Part 1), 39-59. doi: 10.1042/BJ20111226
Ghai, Rajesh, Mobli, Mehdi, Norwood, Suzanne J., Bugarcic, Andrea, Teasdale, Rohan D., King, Glenn F. and Collins, Brett M. (2011). Phox homology band 4.1/ezrin/radixin/moesin-like proteins function as molecular scaffolds that interact with cargo receptors and Ras GTPases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108 (19), 7763-7768. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1017110108
A SNARE-adaptor interaction is a new mode of cargo recognition in clathrin-coated vesicles
Miller, Sharon E., Collins, Brett M., McCoy, Airlie J., Robinson, Margaret S. and Owen, David J. (2007). A SNARE-adaptor interaction is a new mode of cargo recognition in clathrin-coated vesicles. Nature, 450 (7169), 570-574. doi: 10.1038/nature06353
Caveola mechanotransduction reinforces the cortical cytoskeleton to promote epithelial resilience
Brooks, John W., Tillu, Vikas, Eckert, Julia, Verma, Suzie, Collins, Brett M., Parton, Robert G. and Yap, Alpha S. (2023). Caveola mechanotransduction reinforces the cortical cytoskeleton to promote epithelial resilience. Molecular Biology of the Cell mbcE23050163. doi: 10.1091/mbc.e23-05-0163
Morales-Paytuví, Frederic, Fajardo, Alba, Ruiz-Mirapeix, Carles, Rae, James, Tebar, Francesc, Bosch, Marta, Enrich, Carlos, Collins, Brett M., Parton, Robert G. and Pol, Albert (2023). Early proteostasis of caveolins synchronizes trafficking, degradation, and oligomerization to prevent toxic aggregation. Journal of Cell Biology, 222 (9). doi: 10.1083/jcb.202204020
Joensuu, Merja, Syed, Parnayan, Saber, Saber H, Lanoue, Vanessa, Wallis, Tristan P, Rae, James, Blum, Ailisa, Gormal, Rachel S, Small, Christopher, Sanders, Shanley, Jiang, Anmin, Mahrhold, Stefan, Krez, Nadja, Cousin, Michael A, Cooper‐White, Ruby, Cooper‐White, Justin J, Collins, Brett M, Parton, Robert G, Balistreri, Giuseppe, Rummel, Andreas and Meunier, Frédéric A (2023). Presynaptic targeting of botulinum neurotoxin type A requires a tripartite PSG‐Syt1 ‐ SV2 plasma membrane nanocluster for synaptic vesicle entry. The EMBO Journal, 42 (13) e112095. doi: 10.15252/embj.2022112095
Structure of the endosomal Commander complex linked to Ritscher-Schinzel syndrome
Healy, Michael D., McNally, Kerrie E., Butkovič, Rebeka, Chilton, Molly, Kato, Kohji, Sacharz, Joanna, McConville, Calum, Moody, Edmund R. R., Shaw, Shrestha, Planelles-Herrero, Vicente J., Yadav, Sathish K. N., Ross, Jennifer, Borucu, Ufuk, Palmer, Catherine S., Chen, Kai-En, Croll, Tristan I., Hall, Ryan J., Caruana, Nikeisha J., Ghai, Rajesh, Nguyen, Thi H. D., Heesom, Kate J., Saitoh, Shinji, Berger, Imre, Schaffitzel, Christiane, Williams, Tom A., Stroud, David A., Derivery, Emmanuel, Collins, Brett M. and Cullen, Peter J. (2023). Structure of the endosomal Commander complex linked to Ritscher-Schinzel syndrome. Cell, 186 (10), 2219-2237.e29. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.04.003
FBXL4 suppresses mitophagy by restricting the accumulation of NIX and BNIP3 mitophagy receptors
Nguyen‐Dien, Giang Thanh, Kozul, Keri‐Lyn, Cui, Yi, Townsend, Brendan, Kulkarni, Prajakta Gosavi, Ooi, Soo Siang, Marzio, Antonio, Carrodus, Nissa, Zuryn, Steven, Pagano, Michele, Parton, Robert G, Lazarou, Michael, Millard, S Sean, Taylor, Robert W, Collins, Brett M, Jones, Mathew JK and Pagan, Julia K (2023). FBXL4 suppresses mitophagy by restricting the accumulation of NIX and BNIP3 mitophagy receptors. The EMBO Journal, 42 (13) e112767. doi: 10.15252/embj.2022112767
Healy, Michael D., Sacharz, Joanna, McNally, Kerrie E., McConville, Calum, Tillu, Vikas A., Hall, Ryan J., Chilton, Molly, Cullen, Peter J., Mobli, Mehdi, Ghai, Rajesh, Stroud, David A. and Collins, Brett M. (2022). Proteomic identification and structural basis for the interaction between sorting nexin SNX17 and PDLIM family proteins. Structure, 30 (12), 1590-1602.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2022.10.001
ESCPE-1 mediates retrograde endosomal sorting of the SARS-CoV-2 host factor Neuropilin-1
Simonetti, Boris, Daly, James L., Simón-Gracia, Lorena, Klein, Katja, Weeratunga, Saroja, Antón-Plágaro, Carlos, Tobi, Allan, Hodgson, Lorna, Lewis, Philip A., Heesom, Kate J., Shoemark, Deborah K., Davidson, Andrew D., Collins, Brett M., Teesalu, Tambet, Yamauchi, Yohei and Cullen, Peter J. (2022). ESCPE-1 mediates retrograde endosomal sorting of the SARS-CoV-2 host factor Neuropilin-1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (25) e2201980119, 1-11. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2201980119
The structure of caveolin finally takes shape
Parton, Robert G. and Collins, Brett M. (2022). The structure of caveolin finally takes shape. Science Advances, 8 (19) eabq6985, eabq6985. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abq6985
SNX27–Retromer directly binds ESCPE-1 to transfer cargo proteins during endosomal recycling
Simonetti, Boris, Guo, Qian, Giménez-Andrés, Manuel, Chen, Kai-En, Moody, Edmund R. R., Evans, Ashley J., Chandra, Mintu, Danson, Chris M., Williams, Tom A., Collins, Brett M. and Cullen, Peter J. (2022). SNX27–Retromer directly binds ESCPE-1 to transfer cargo proteins during endosomal recycling. PLoS Biology, 20 (4) e3001601, e3001601. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001601
Paul, Blessy, Weeratunga, Saroja, Tillu, Vikas A., Hariri, Hanaa, Henne, W. Mike and Collins, Brett M. (2022). Structural predictions of the SNX-RGS proteins suggest they belong to a new class of lipid transfer proteins. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 10 826688, 826688. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.826688
Wu, Yue, Cui, Zhenling, Huang, Yen-Hua, de Veer, Simon J., Aralov, Andrey V., Guo, Zhong, Moradi, Shayli V., Hinton, Alexandra O., Deuis, Jennifer R., Guo, Shaodong, Chen, Kai-En, Collins, Brett M., Vetter, Irina, Herzig, Volker, Jones, Alun, Cooper, Matthew A., King, Glenn F., Craik, David J., Alexandrov, Kirill and Mureev, Sergey (2022). Towards a generic prototyping approach for therapeutically-relevant peptides and proteins in a cell-free translation system. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 260, 260. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27854-9
Biochemical basis for an interaction between SNX27 and the flexible SNX1 N-terminus
Chandra, Mintu, Collins, Brett M. and Jackson, Lauren P. (2022). Biochemical basis for an interaction between SNX27 and the flexible SNX1 N-terminus. Advances in Biological Regulation, 83 100842, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jbior.2021.100842
Chen, Kai-En, Guo, Qian, Hill, Timothy A., Cui, Yi, Kendall, Amy K., Yang, Zhe, Hall, Ryan J., Healy, Michael D., Sacharz, Joanna, Norwood, Suzanne J., Fonseka, Sachini, Xie, Boyang, Reid, Robert C., Leneva, Natalya, Parton, Robert G., Ghai, Rajesh, Stroud, David A., Fairlie, David P, Suga, Hiroaki, Jackson, Lauren P., Teasdale, Rohan D., Passioura, Toby and Collins, Brett M. (2021). De novo macrocyclic peptides for inhibiting, stabilizing, and probing the function of the retromer endosomal trafficking complex. Science Advances, 7 (49) eabg4007, eabg4007. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abg4007
Rational design of potent peptide inhibitors of the PD-1:PD-L1 interaction for cancer immunotherapy
Yin, Huawu, Zhou, Xiuman, Huang, Yen-Hua, King, Gordon J., Collins, Brett M., Gao, Yanfeng, Craik, David J. and Wang, Conan K. (2021). Rational design of potent peptide inhibitors of the PD-1:PD-L1 interaction for cancer immunotherapy. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143 (44) jacs.1c08132, 18536-18547. doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c08132
Cavin4 interacts with Bin1 to promote T-tubule formation and stability in developing skeletal muscle
Lo, Harriet P., Lim, Ye-Wheen, Xiong, Zherui, Martel, Nick, Ferguson, Charles, Ariotti, Nicholas, Giacomotto, Jean, Rae, James, Floetenmeyer, Matthias, Moradi, Shayli Varasteh, Gao, Ya, Tillu, Vikas A., Xia, Di, Wang, Huang, Rahnama, Samira, Nixon, Susan J., Bastiani, Michele, Day, Ryan D., Smith, Kelly A., Palpant, Nathan J., Johnston, Wayne A., Alexandrov, Kirill, Collins, Brett M., Hall, Thomas E. and Parton, Robert G. (2021). Cavin4 interacts with Bin1 to promote T-tubule formation and stability in developing skeletal muscle. Journal of Cell Biology, 220 (12) e201905065. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201905065
Enabling efficient folding and high-resolution crystallographic analysis of bracelet cyclotides
Huang, Yen-Hua, Du, Qingdan, Jiang, Zhihao, King, Gordon J., Collins, Brett M., Wang, Conan K. and Craik, David J. (2021). Enabling efficient folding and high-resolution crystallographic analysis of bracelet cyclotides. Molecules, 26 (18) 5554. doi: 10.3390/molecules26185554
Key phases in the formation of caveolae
Parton, Robert G., Tillu, Vikas, McMahon, Kerrie-Ann and Collins, Brett M. (2021). Key phases in the formation of caveolae. Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 71, 7-14. doi: 10.1016/j.ceb.2021.01.009
Sharma, Gagan, Braga, Carolyne B., Chen, Kai-En, Jia, Xinying, Ramanujam, Venkatraman, Collins, Brett M., Rittner, Roberto and Mobli, Mehdi (2021). Structural basis for the binding of the cancer targeting scorpion toxin, ClTx, to the vascular endothelia growth factor receptor neuropilin-1. Current Research in Structural Biology, 3, 179-186. doi: 10.1016/j.crstbi.2021.07.003
Sorting nexin-27 regulates AMPA receptor trafficking through the synaptic adhesion protein LRFN2
McMillan, Kirsty J., Banks, Paul J., Hellel, Francesca L. N., Carmichael, Ruth E., Clairfeuille, Thomas, Evans, Ashley J., Heesom, Kate J., Lewis, Philip, Collins, Brett M., Bashir, Zafar, Henley, Jeremy M., Wilkinson, Kevin and Cullen, Peter J. (2021). Sorting nexin-27 regulates AMPA receptor trafficking through the synaptic adhesion protein LRFN2. eLife, 10 e59432. doi: 10.7554/elife.59432
Yong, Xuan Ling Hilary, Zhang, Lingrui, Yang, Liming, Chen, Xiumin, Tan, Jing Zhi Anson, Yu, Xiaojun, Chandra, Mintu, Livingstone, Emma, Widagdo, Jocelyn, Vieira, Marta M., Roche, Katherine W., Lynch, Joseph W., Keramidas, Angelo, Collins, Brett M. and Anggono, Victor (2021). Regulation of NMDA receptor trafficking and gating by activity-dependent CaMKIIα phosphorylation of the GluN2A subunit. Cell Reports, 36 (1) 109338, 1-21. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109338
Community-wide experimental evaluation of the PROSS stability-design method
Peleg, Yoav, Vincentelli, Renaud, Collins, Brett M., Chen, Kai-En, Livingstone, Emma K., Weeratunga, Saroja, Leneva, Natalya, Guo, Qian, Remans, Kim, Perez, Kathryn, Bjerga, Gro E K, Larsen, Øivind, Vaněk, Ondřej, Skořepa, Ondřej, Jacquemin, Sophie, Poterszman, Arnaud, Kjær, Svend, Christodoulou, Evangelos, Albeck, Shira, Dym, Orly, Ainbinder, Elena, Unger, Tamar, Schuetz, Anja, Matthes, Susann, Bader, Michael, de Marco, Ario, Storici, Paola, Semrau, Marta S., Stolt-Bergner, Peggy ... Fleishman, Sarel J. (2021). Community-wide experimental evaluation of the PROSS stability-design method. Journal of Molecular Biology, 433 (13) 166964, 166964. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2021.166964
A novel dual Ca2+ sensor system regulates Ca2+-dependent neurotransmitter release
Li, Lei, Liu, Haowen, Krout, Mia, Richmond, Janet E., Wang, Yu, Bai, Jihong, Weeratunga, Saroja, Collins, Brett M., Ventimiglia, Donovan, Yu, Yi, Xia, Jingyao, Tang, Jing, Liu, Jie and Hu, Zhitao (2021). A novel dual Ca2+ sensor system regulates Ca2+-dependent neurotransmitter release. Journal of Cell Biology, 220 (4) e202008121, 1-24. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202008121
Tillu, Vikas A., Rae, James, Gao, Ya, Ariotti, Nicholas, Floetenmeyer, Matthias, Kovtun, Oleksiy, McMahon, Kerrie-Ann, Chaudhary, Natasha, Parton, Robert G. and Collins, Brett M. (2021). Cavin1 intrinsically disordered domains are essential for fuzzy electrostatic interactions and caveola formation. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 931, 931. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21035-4
Caveolin-1 and cavin1 act synergistically to generate a unique lipid environment in caveolae
Zhou, Yong, Ariotti, Nicholas, Rae, James, Liang, Hong, Tillu, Vikas, Tee, Shern, Bastiani, Michele, Bademosi, Adekunle T., Collins, Brett M., Meunier, Frederic A., Hancock, John F. and Parton, Robert G. (2021). Caveolin-1 and cavin1 act synergistically to generate a unique lipid environment in caveolae. Journal of Cell Biology, 220 (3) e202005138. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202005138
Neuropilin-1 is a host factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection
Daly, James L., Simonetti, Boris, Klein, Katja, Chen, Kai-En, Williamson, Maia Kavanagh, Antón-Plágaro, Carlos, Shoemark, Deborah K., Simón-Gracia, Lorena, Bauer, Michael, Hollandi, Reka, Greber, Urs F., Horvath, Peter, Sessions, Richard B., Helenius, Ari, Hiscox, Julian A., Teesalu, Tambet, Matthews, David A., Davidson, Andrew D., Collins, Brett M., Cullen, Peter J. and Yamauchi, Yohei (2020). Neuropilin-1 is a host factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Science, 370 (6518), 861-865. doi: 10.1126/science.abd3072
Mechanism and evolution of the Zn-fingernail required for interaction of VARP with VPS29
Crawley-Snowdon, Harriet, Yang, Ji-Chun, Zaccai, Nathan R., Davis, Luther J., Wartosch, Lena, Herman, Emily K., Bright, Nicholas A., Swarbrick, James S., Collins, Brett M., Jackson, Lauren P., Seaman, Matthew N. J., Luzio, J. Paul, Dacks, Joel B., Neuhaus, David and Owen, David J. (2020). Mechanism and evolution of the Zn-fingernail required for interaction of VARP with VPS29. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 5031, 1-15. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18773-2
Mota Vieira, Marta, Nguyen, Thien A., Wu, Kunwei, Badger, John D., Collins, Brett M., Anggono, Victor, Lu, Wei and Roche, Katherine W. (2020). An epilepsy-associated GRIN2A rare variant disrupts CaMKIIα phosphorylation of GluN2A and NMDA receptor trafficking. Cell Reports, 32 (9) 108104, 108104. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108104
Recognising the signals for endosomal trafficking
Weeratunga, Saroja, Paul, Blessy and Collins, Brett M. (2020). Recognising the signals for endosomal trafficking. Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 65, 17-27. doi: 10.1016/j.ceb.2020.02.005
Tripathi, Aashutosh, Jain, Megha, Chandra, Mintu, Parveen, Sameena, Yadav, Rupali, Collins, Brett M., Maiti, Sankar and Datta, Sunando (2020). EhC2B, a C2 domain-containing protein, promotes erythrophagocytosis in Entamoeba histolytica via actin nucleation. PLOS Pathogens, 16 (5) e1008489, e1008489. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008489
Das Gupta, Kaustav, Shakespear, Melanie R., Curson, James E.B., Murthy, Ambika M.V., Iyer, Abishek, Hodson, Mark P., Ramnath, Divya, Tillu, Vikas A., von Pein, Jessica B., Reid, Robert C., Tunny, Kathryn, Hohenhaus, Daniel M., Moradi, Shayli Varasteh, Kelly, Gregory M., Kobayashi, Takumi, Gunter, Jennifer H., Stevenson, Alexander J., Xu, Weijun, Luo, Lin, Jones, Alun, Johnston, Wayne A., Blumenthal, Antje, Alexandrov, Kirill, Collins, Brett M., Stow, Jennifer L., Fairlie, David P. and Sweet, Matthew J. (2020). Class IIa histone deacetylases drive toll-like receptor-inducible glycolysis and macrophage inflammatory responses via pyruvate kinase M2. Cell Reports, 30 (8), 2712-2728.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.02.007
Caveolae control contractile tension for epithelia to eliminate tumor cells
Teo, Jessica L., Gomez, Guillermo A., Weeratunga, Saroja, Davies, Elizabeth M., Noordstra, Ivar, Budnar, Srikanth, Katsuno-Kambe, Hiroko, McGrath, Meagan J., Verma, Suzie, Tomatis, Vanesa, Acharya, Bipul R., Balasubramaniam, Lakshmi, Templin, Rachel M., McMahon, Kerrie-Ann, Lee, Yoke Seng, Ju, Robert J., Stebhens, Samantha J., Ladoux, Benoit, Mitchell, Christina A., Collins, Brett M., Parton, Robert G. and Yap, Alpha S. (2020). Caveolae control contractile tension for epithelia to eliminate tumor cells. Developmental Cell, 54 (1), 75-91.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2020.05.002
Simonetti, Boris, Paul, Blessy, Chaudhari, Karina, Weeratunga, Saroja, Steinberg, Florian, Gorla, Madhavi, Heesom, Kate J., Bashaw, Greg J., Collins, Brett M. and Cullen, Peter J. (2019). Molecular identification of a BAR domain-containing coat complex for endosomal recycling of transmembrane proteins. Nature Cell Biology, 21 (10), 1219-1233. doi: 10.1038/s41556-019-0393-3
Ugrankar, Rupali, Bowerman, Jade, Hariri, Hanaa, Chandra, Mintu, Chen, Kevin, Bossanyi, Marie-France, Datta, Sanchari, Rogers, Sean, Eckert, Kaitlyn M., Vale, Gonçalo, Victoria, Alexia, Fresquez, Joseph, McDonald, Jeffrey G., Jean, Steve, Collins, Brett M. and Henne, W. Mike (2019). Drosophila snazarus regulates a lipid droplet population at plasma membrane-droplet contacts in adipocytes. Developmental Cell, 50 (5), 557-572.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.07.021
STXBP1 encephalopathy: connecting neurodevelopmental disorders with α-synucleinopathies?
Lanoue, Vanessa, Chai, Ye Jin, Brouillet, Julie Z., Weckhuysen, Sarah, Palmer, Elizabeth E., Collins, Brett M. and Meunier, Frederic A. (2019). STXBP1 encephalopathy: connecting neurodevelopmental disorders with α-synucleinopathies?. Neurology, 93 (3), 114-123. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000007786
Monk, Ian R., Shaikh, Nausad, Begg, Stephanie L., Gajdiss, Mike, Sharkey, Liam K. R., Lee, Jean Y. H., Pidot, Sacha J., Seemann, Torsten, Kuiper, Michael, Winnen, Brit, Hvorup, Rikki, Collins, Brett M., Bierbaum, Gabriele, Udagedara, Saumya R., Morey, Jacqueline R., Pulyani, Neha, Howden, Benjamin P., Maher, Megan J., McDevitt, Christopher A., King, Glenn F. and Stinear, Timothy P. (2019). Zinc-binding to the cytoplasmic PAS domain regulates the essential WalK histidine kinase of Staphylococcus aureus. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 3067, 3067. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-10932-4
Towards a molecular understanding of endosomal trafficking by Retromer and Retriever
Chen, Kai‐En, Healy, Michael D. and Collins, Brett M. (2019). Towards a molecular understanding of endosomal trafficking by Retromer and Retriever. Traffic, 20 (7) tra.12649, 465-478. doi: 10.1111/tra.12649
Milne, Michael R., Qian, Lei, Turnbull, Marion T., Kinna, Genevieve, Collins, Brett M., Teasdale, Rohan D. and Coulson, Elizabeth J. (2019). Downregulation of SNX27 expression does not exacerbate amyloidogenesis in the APP/PS1 Alzheimer's disease mouse model. Neurobiology of Aging, 77, 144-153. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2019.01.011
Elucidating the lipid binding properties of membrane-active peptides using cyclised nanodiscs
Zhang, Alan H., Edwards, Ingrid A., Mishra, Biswa P., Sharma, Gagan, Healy, Michael D., Elliott, Alysha, Blaskovich, Mark A. T., Cooper, Matthew A., Collins, Brett M., Jia, Xinying and Mobli, Mehdi (2019). Elucidating the lipid binding properties of membrane-active peptides using cyclised nanodiscs. Frontiers in Chemistry, 7 (MAR) 238, 238. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00238
Chandra, Mintu, Chin, Yanni K.-Y., Mas, Caroline, Feathers, J. Ryan, Paul, Blessy, Datta, Sanchari, Chen, Kai-En, Jia, Xinying, Yang, Zhe, Norwood, Suzanne J., Mohanty, Biswaranjan, Bugarcic, Andrea, Teasdale, Rohan D., Henne, W. Mike, Mobli, Mehdi and Collins, Brett M. (2019). Classification of the human phox homology (PX) domains based on their phosphoinositide binding specificities. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 1528, 1528. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09355-y
Chen, Kai-En, Tillu, Vikas A., Chandra, Mintu and Collins, Brett M. (2018). Molecular basis for membrane recruitment by the PX and C2 domains of Class II Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase-C2α. Structure, 26 (12), 1612-1625.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2018.08.010
Structure of the membrane-assembled retromer coat determined by cryo-electron tomography
Kovtun, Oleksiy, Leneva, Natalya, Bykov, Yury S., Ariotti, Nicholas, Teasdale, Rohan D., Schaffer, Miroslava, Engel, Benjamin D., Owen, David. J., Briggs, John A. G. and Collins, Brett M. (2018). Structure of the membrane-assembled retromer coat determined by cryo-electron tomography. Nature, 561 (7724), 561-+. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0526-z
A variable undecad repeat domain in cavin1 regulates caveola formation and stability
Tillu, Vikas A., Lim, Ye-Wheen, Kovtun, Oleksiy, Mureev, Sergey, Ferguson, Charles, Bastiani, Michele, McMahon, Kerrie-Ann, Lo, Harriet P., Hall, Thomas E., Alexandrov, Kirill, Collins, Brett M. and Parton, Robert G. (2018). A variable undecad repeat domain in cavin1 regulates caveola formation and stability. EMBO Reports, 19 (9) e45775. doi: 10.15252/embr.201845775
Structural insights into the architecture and membrane interactions of the conserved COMMD proteins
Healy, Michael D., Hospenthal, Manuela K., Hall, Ryan J., Chandra, Mintu, Chilton, Molly, Tillu, Vikas, Chen, Kai-En, Celligoi, Dion J., McDonald, Fiona J., Cullen, Peter J., Lott, J. Shaun, Collins, Brett M. and Ghai, Rajesh (2018). Structural insights into the architecture and membrane interactions of the conserved COMMD proteins. eLife, 7 e35898. doi: 10.7554/elife.35898
Li, Lei, Liu, Haowen, Wang, Wei, Chandra, Mintu, Collins, Brett M. and Hu, Zhitao (2018). SNT-1 functions as the Ca2+ sensor for tonic and evoked neurotransmitter release in Caenorhabditis Elegans. The Journal of Neuroscience, 38 (23), 5313-5324. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3097-17.2018
SNX27 links DGKζ to the control of transcriptional and metabolic programs in T lymphocytes
Tello-Lafoz, M., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, C., Kinna, G., Loo, L. S., Hong, W., Collins, B. M., Teasdale, R. D. and Mérida, I. (2017). SNX27 links DGKζ to the control of transcriptional and metabolic programs in T lymphocytes. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 16361, 1-14. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16370-w
Christie, Michelle P., Hu, Shu-Hong, Whitten, Andrew E., Rehman, Asma, Jarrott, Russell J., King, Gordon J., Collins, Brett M. and Martin, Jennifer L. (2017). Revisiting interaction specificity reveals neuronal and adipocyte Munc18 membrane fusion regulatory proteins differ in their binding interactions with partner SNARE Syntaxins. PloS one, 12 (10) e0187302, 1-16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187302
Retriever is a multiprotein complex for retromer-independent endosomal cargo recycling
McNally, Kerrie E., Faulkner, Rebecca, Steinberg, Florian, Gallon, Matthew, Ghai, Rajesh, Pim, David, Langton, Paul, Pearson, Neil, Danson, Chris M., Nägele, Heike, Morris, Lindsey L., Singla, Amika, Overlee, Brittany L., Heesom, Kate J., Sessions, Richard, Banks, Lawrence, Collins, Brett M., Berger, Imre, Billadeau, Daniel D., Burstein, Ezra and Cullen, Peter J. (2017). Retriever is a multiprotein complex for retromer-independent endosomal cargo recycling. Nature cell biology, 19 (10), 1214-1225. doi: 10.1038/ncb3610
Mamonova, Tatyana, Zhang, Qiangmin, Chandra, Mintu, Collins, Brett M., Sarfo, Edward, Bu, Zimei, Xiao, Kunhong, Bisello, Alessandro and Friedman, Peter A. (2017). Origins of PDZ binding specificity. A computational and experimental study using NHERF1 and the parathyroid hormone receptor. Biochemistry, 56 (20), 2584-2593. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00078
Kasula, Ravikiran, Chai, Ye Jin, Bademosi, Adekunle T., Harper, Callista B., Gormal, Rachel S., Morrow, Isabel C., Hosy, Eric, Collins, Brett M., Choquet, Daniel, Papadopulos, Andreas and Meunier, Frederic A. (2016). The Munc18-1 domain 3a hinge-loop controls syntaxin-1A nanodomain assembly and engagement with the SNARE complex during secretory vesicle priming. The Journal of Cell Biology, 214 (7) 847, 847-858. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201508118
A molecular code for endosomal recycling of phosphorylated cargos by the SNX27–retromer complex
Clairfeuille, Thomas, Mas, Caroline, Chan, Audrey S. M., Yang, Zhe, Tello-Lafoz, Maria, Chandra, Mintu, Wigagdo, Jocelyn, Kerr, Markus, Blessy, Paul, Merida, Isabel, Teasdale, Rohan D., Pavlos, Nathan J., Anggono, Victor and Collins, Brett (2016). A molecular code for endosomal recycling of phosphorylated cargos by the SNX27–retromer complex. Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, 23 (10), 921-932. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.3290
Munc18-1 is a molecular chaperone for α-synuclein, controlling its self-replicating aggregation
Chai, Ye Jin, Sierecki, Emma, Tomatis, Vanesa M., Gormal, Rachel S., Giles, Nichole, Morrow, Isabel C., Xia, Di, Götz, Jürgen, Parton, Robert G., Collins, Brett M., Gambin, Yann and Meunier, Frédéric A. (2016). Munc18-1 is a molecular chaperone for α-synuclein, controlling its self-replicating aggregation. The Journal of Cell Biology, 214 (6) 705, 705-718. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201512016
Follett, Jordan, Bugarcic, Andrea, Yang, Zhe, Ariotti, Nicholas, Norwood, Suzanne J., Collins, Brett M., Parton, Robert G. and Teasdale, Rohan D. (2016). Parkinson disease-linked Vps35 R524W mutation impairs the endosomal association of retromer and induces α-synuclein aggregation. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 291 (35), 18283-18298. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.703157
Atypical parkinsonism-associated retromer mutant alters endosomal sorting of specific cargo proteins
McMillan, Kirsty J., Gallon, Matthew, Jellett, Adam P., Clairfeuille, Thomas, Tilley, Frances C., McGough, Ian, Danson, Chris M., Heesom, Kate J., Wilkinson, Kevin A., Collins, Brett M. and Cullen, Peter J. (2016). Atypical parkinsonism-associated retromer mutant alters endosomal sorting of specific cargo proteins. Journal of Cell Biology, 214 (4), 389-399. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201604057
Yang, Zhe, Hong, Lee Kian, Follett, Jordan, Wabitsch, Martin, Hamilton, Nicholas A., Collins, Brett, Bugarcic, Andrea and Teasdale, Rohan D. (2016). Functional characterization of retromer in GLUT4 storage vesicle formation and adipocyte differentiation. The FASEB Journal, 39 (3), 1037-1050. doi: 10.1096/fj.15-274704
Vps26B-retromer negatively regulates plasma membrane resensitization of PAR-2
Bugarcic, Andrea, Vetter, Irina, Chalmers, Silke, Kinna, Genevieve, Collins, Brett M. and Teasdale, Rohan D. (2015). Vps26B-retromer negatively regulates plasma membrane resensitization of PAR-2. Cell Biology International, 39 (11), 1299-1306. doi: 10.1002/cbin.10508
A phosphoinositide-binding cluster in cavin1 acts as a molecular sensor for cavin1 degradation
Tillu, Vikas A., Kovtun, Oleksiy, McMahon, Kerrie-Ann, Collins, Brett M. and Parton, Robert G. (2015). A phosphoinositide-binding cluster in cavin1 acts as a molecular sensor for cavin1 degradation. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 26 (20), 3561-3569. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E15-06-0359
Molecular characterization of caveolin-induced membrane curvature
Ariotti, Nicholas, Rae, James, Leneva, Natalya, Ferguson, Charles, Loo, Dorothy, Okano, Satomi, Hill, Michelle M., Walser, Piers, Collins, Brett M. and Parton, Robert G. (2015). Molecular characterization of caveolin-induced membrane curvature. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 290 (41), 24875-24890. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.644336
Cavin family proteins and the assembly of caveolae
Kovtun, Oleksiy, Tillu, Vikas A., Ariotti, Nicholas, Parton, Robert G. and Collins, Brett M. (2015). Cavin family proteins and the assembly of caveolae. Journal of Cell Science, 128 (7), 1269-1278. doi: 10.1242/jcs.167866
Ghai, Rajesh, Tello-Lafoz, Maria, Norwood, Suzanne J., Yang, Zhe, Clairefeuille, Thomas, Teasdale, Rohan D., Mérida, Isabel and Collins, Brett M. (2015). Phosphoinositide binding by the SNX27 FERM domain regulates localisation at the immune synapse of activated T-cells. Journal of Cell Science, 128 (3), 553-565. doi: 10.1242/jcs.158204
King, Nathan P., Newton, Patrice, Schuelein, Ralf, Brown, Darren L., Petru, Marketa, Zarsky, Vojtech, Dolezal, Pavel, Luo, Lin, Bugarcic, Andrea, Stanley, Amanda C., Murray, Rachael Z., Collins, Brett M., Teasdale, Rohan D., Hartland, Elizabeth L. and Stow, Jennifer L. (2015). Soluble NSF attachment protein receptor molecular mimicry by a Legionella pneumophila Dot/Icm effector. Cellular Microbiology, 17 (6), 767-784. doi: 10.1111/cmi.12405
SNARE-ing the structures of Sec1/Munc18 proteins
Archbold, Julia K., Whitten, Andrew E., Hu, Shu-Hong, Collins, Brett M. and Martin, Jennifer L. (2014). SNARE-ing the structures of Sec1/Munc18 proteins. Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 29, 44-51. doi: 10.1016/j.sbi.2014.09.003
Structural insights into the organization of the cavin membrane coat complex
Kovtun, Oleksiy, Tilu, Vikas A., Jung, WooRam, Leneva, Natalya, Ariotti, Nicholas, Chaudhary, Natasha, Mandyam, Ramya A., Ferguson, Charles, Morgan, Garry P., Johnston, Wayne A., Harrop, Stephen J., Alexandrov, Kirill, Parton, Robert G. and Collins, Brett M. (2014). Structural insights into the organization of the cavin membrane coat complex. Developmental Cell, 31 (4), 405-419. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2014.10.002
Mas, Caroline, Norwood, Suzanne J., Bugarcic, Andrea, Kinna, Genevieve, Leneva, Natalya, Kovtun, Oleksiy, Ghai, Rajesh, Yanez, Lorena E. Ona, Davis, Jasmine L., Teasdale, Rohan D. and Collins, Brett M. (2014). Structural basis for different phosphoinositide specificities of the PX domains of sorting nexins regulating G-protein signaling. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 289 (41), 28554-28568. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M114.595959
Martin, Sally, Papadopulos, Andreas, Tomatis, Vanesa M., Sierecki, Emma, Malintan, Nancy T., Gormal, Rachel S., Giles, Nichole, Johnston, Wayne A., Alexandrov, Kirill, Gambin, Yann, Collins, Brett M. and Meunier, Frederic A. (2014). Increased polyubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of a Munc18-1 disease-linked mutant causes temperature-sensitive defect in exocytosis. Cell Reports, 9 (1), 206-218. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.08.059
Teasdale, Rohan D. and Collins, Brett (2014). Little evidence that FAM65B belongs to the family of phox homology (PX) and bin/amphiphysin/rvs (BAR) domain-containing proteins. PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111 (39), E4064-E4064. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1412755111
Gallon, Matthew, Clairfeuille, Thomas, Steinberg, Florian, Mas, Caroline, Ghai, Rajesh, Sessions, Richard B., Teasdale, Rohan D., Collins, Brett M. and Cullen, Peter J. (2014). A unique PDZ domain and arrestin-like fold interaction reveals mechanistic details of endocytic recycling by SNX27-retromer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111 (35), E3604-E3613. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1410552111
Rab8a interacts directly with PI3Kγ to modulate TLR4-driven PI3K and mTOR signalling
Luo, Lin, Wall, Adam A., Yeo, Jeremy C., Condon, Nicholas D., Norwood, Suzanne J., Schoenwaelder, Simone, Chen, Kaiwen W., Jackson, Shaun, Jenkins, Brendan J., Hartland, Elizabeth L., Schroder, Kate, Collins, Brett M., Sweet, Matthew J. and Stow, Jennifer L. (2014). Rab8a interacts directly with PI3Kγ to modulate TLR4-driven PI3K and mTOR signalling. Nature Communications, 5 (1) 4407, 4407.1-4407.13. doi: 10.1038/ncomms5407
A role for novel lipid interactions in the dynamic recruitment of SNX27 to the T-cell immune synapse
Tello-Lafoz, María, Ghai, Rajesh, Collins, Brett and Mérida, Isabel (2014). A role for novel lipid interactions in the dynamic recruitment of SNX27 to the T-cell immune synapse. BioArchitecture, 4 (6), 215-220. doi: 10.1080/19490992.2015.1031950
Sierecki, Emma, Stevers, Loes M., Giles, Nichole, Polinkovsky, Mark E., Moustaqil, Mehdi, Mureev, Sergey, Johnston, Wayne A., Dahmer-Heath, Mareike, Skalamera, Duka, Gonda, Thomas J., Gabrielli, Brian, Collins, Brett M., Alexandrov, Kirill and Gambin, Yann (2014). Rapid mapping of interactions between human SNX-BAR proteins measured in vitro by AlphaScreen and single-molecule spectroscopy. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, 13 (9), 2233-2245. doi: 10.1074/mcp.M113.037275
The recognition of membrane-bound PtdIns3P by PX domains
Jia, ZhiGuang, Ghai, Rajesh, Collins, Brett M. and Mark, Alan E. (2014). The recognition of membrane-bound PtdIns3P by PX domains. Proteins: structure, function, and bioinformatics, 82 (10), 2332-2342. doi: 10.1002/prot.24593
Follett, Jordan, Norwood, Suzanne J., Hamilton, Nicholas A., Mohan, Megha, Kovtun, Oleksiy, Tay, Stephanie, Yang, Zhe, Wood, Stephen A., Mellick, George D., Silburn, Peter A., Collins, Brett M., Bugarcic, Andrea and Teasdale, Rohan D. (2014). The Vps35 D620N mutation linked to Parkinson's disease disrupts the cargo sorting function of retromer. Traffic, 15 (2), 230-244. doi: 10.1111/tra.12136
Gambin, Yann, Ariotti, Nicholas, McMahon, Kerrie-Ann, Bastiani, Michele, Sierecki, Emma, Kovtun, Oleksiy, Polinkovsky, Mark E., Magenau, Astrid, Jung, WooRam, Okano, Satomi, Zhou, Yong, Leneva, Natalya, Mureev, Sergey, Johnston, Wayne, Gaus, Katharina, Hancock, John F., Collins, Brett M., Alexandrov, Kirill and Parton, Robert G. (2014). Single-molecule analysis reveals self assembly and nanoscale segregation of two distinct cavin subcomplexes on caveolae. eLIFE, 2014 (3) e01434, e01434.1-e01434.18. doi: 10.7554/eLife.01434
Ghai, Rajesh, Mobli, Mehdi and Collins, Brett M. (2014). Measuring interactions of FERM domain-containing sorting nexin proteins with endosomal lipids and cargo molecules. Methods in Enzymology, 534, 331-349. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-397926-1.00019-6
Rehman, Asma, Jarrott, Russell J., Whitten, Andrew E., King, Gordon J., Hu, Shu-Hong, Christie, Michelle P., Collins, Brett M. and Martin, Jennifer L. (2013). Milligram quantities of homogeneous recombinant full-length mouse Munc18c from Escherichia coli cultures. PloS One, 8 (12) e83499, e83499.1-e83499.12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083499
Martin, Sally, Tomatis, Vanesa M., Papadopulos, Andreas, Christie, Michelle P., Malintan, Nancy T., Gormal, Rachel S., Sugita, Shuzo, Martin, Jennifer L., Collins, Brett M. and Meunier, Frederic A. (2013). The Munc18-1 domain 3a loop is essential for neuroexocytosis but not for syntaxin-1A transport to the plasma membrane. Journal of Cell Science, 126 (11), 2353-2360. doi: 10.1242/jcs.126813
Structural basis for endosomal trafficking of diverse transmembrane cargos by PX-FERM proteins
Ghai, Rajesh, Bugarcic, Andrea, Liu, Huadong, Norwood, Suzanne J., Skeldal, Sune, Coulson, Elizabeth J., Li, Shawn Shun-Cheng, Teasdale, Rohan D. and Collins, Brett M. (2013). Structural basis for endosomal trafficking of diverse transmembrane cargos by PX-FERM proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110 (8), E643-E652. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1216229110
Mangold, Sabine, Norwood, Suzanne J., Yap, Alpha S and Collins, Brett M. (2012). The juxtamembrane domain of the E-cadherin cytoplasmic tail contributes to its interaction with Myosin VI. BioArchitecture, 2 (5), 185-188. doi: 10.4161/bioa.22082
Quantitative analysis of prenylated RhoA interaction with its chaperone, RhoGDI
Tnimov, Zakir, Guo, Zhong, Gambin, Yann, Nguyen, Uyen T. T., Wu, Yao-Wen, Abankwa, Daniel, Stigter, Anouk, Collins, Brett, Waldmann, Herbert, Goody, Roger, S. and Alexandrov, Kirill (2012). Quantitative analysis of prenylated RhoA interaction with its chaperone, RhoGDI. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 287 (32), 26549-26562. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M112.371294
Collins, Brett, Davis, Melissa, Hancock, John F. and Parton, Robert G. (2012). Structure-based reassessment of the caveolin signalling model: Do caveolae regulate signaling through caveolin-protein interactions. Developmental Cell, 23 (1), 11-20. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2012.06.012
Christie, Michelle P., Whitten, Andrew E., King, Gordon J., Hu, Shu-Hong, Jarrott, Russell J., Chen, Kai-En, Duff, Anthony P., Callow, Philip, Collins, Brett M., James, David E. and Martin, Jennifer L. (2012). Low-resolution solution structures of Munc18: Syntaxin protein complexes indicate an open binding mode driven by the Syntaxin N-peptide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109 (25), 9816-9821. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1116975109
Ghai, Rajesh, Falconer, Robert J. and Collins, Brett M. (2012). Applications of isothermal titration calorimetry in pure and applied research—survey of the literature from 2010. Journal of Molecular Recognition, 25 (1), 32-52. doi: 10.1002/jmr.1167
Teasdale, Rohan D. and Collins, Brett M. (2012). Insights into the PX (phox-homology) domain and SNX (sorting nexin) protein families: structures, functions and roles in disease. Biochemical Journal, 441 (Part 1), 39-59. doi: 10.1042/BJ20111226
Structure of S. aureus HPPK and the discovery of a new substrate site inhibitor
Chhabra, Sandeep, Dolezal, Olan, Collins, Brett M., Newman, Janet, Simpson, Jamie S., Macreadie, Ian G., Fernley, Ross, Peat, Thomas S and Swarbrick, James D. (2012). Structure of S. aureus HPPK and the discovery of a new substrate site inhibitor. Plos One, 7 (1) e29444, e29444-1-e29444-16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029444
VPS26A and VPS26B subunits define distinct Retromer complexes
Bugarcic, Andrea, Yang, Zhe, Kerr, Markus C., Griffith, John Griffin, Collins, Brett M. and Teasdale, Rohan D. (2011). VPS26A and VPS26B subunits define distinct Retromer complexes. Traffic, 12 (12), 1759-1773. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2011.01284.x
Han, Gayoung A., Malintan, Nancy T., Saw, Ner Mu Nar, Li, Lijun, Han, Liping, Meunier, Frederic A., Collins, Brett M. and Sugita, Shuzo (2011). Munc18-1 domain-1 controls vesicle docking and secretion by interacting with syntaxin-1 and chaperoning it to the plasma membrane. Molecular Biology of The Cell, 22 (21), 4134-4149. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E11-02-0135
PX-FERM proteins: A link between endosomal trafficking and signaling?
Ghai, Rajesh and Collins, Brett M. (2011). PX-FERM proteins: A link between endosomal trafficking and signaling?. Small GTPases, 2 (5), 259-263. doi: 10.4161/sgtp.2.5.17276
Syntaxin 11 binds Vti1b and regulates late endosome to lysosome fusion in macrophages
Offenhäuser, Carolin, Lei, Nazi, Roy, Sandrine, Collins, Brett M., Stow, Jennifer L. and Murray, Rachael Z. (2011). Syntaxin 11 binds Vti1b and regulates late endosome to lysosome fusion in macrophages. Traffic, 12 (6), 762-773. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2011.01189.x
Swarbrick, James D., Shaw, Daniel J., Chhabra, Sandeep, Ghai, Rajesh, Valkov, Eugene, Norwood, Suzanne, Seaman, Matthew N. J. and Collins, Brett M. (2011). VPS29 is not an active metallo-phosphatase but is a rigid scaffold required for retromer interaction with accessory proteins. PLoS One, 6 (5) e20420, e20420-1-e20420-15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020420
Ghai, Rajesh, Mobli, Mehdi, Norwood, Suzanne J., Bugarcic, Andrea, Teasdale, Rohan D., King, Glenn F. and Collins, Brett M. (2011). Phox homology band 4.1/ezrin/radixin/moesin-like proteins function as molecular scaffolds that interact with cargo receptors and Ras GTPases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108 (19), 7763-7768. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1017110108
Hepatocyte growth factor acutely perturbs actin filament anchorage at the epithelial zonula adherens
Mangold, Sabine, Wu, Selwin K., Norwood, Suzanne J., Collins, Brett M., Hamilton, Nicholas A., Thorn, Peter and Yap, Alpha S. (2011). Hepatocyte growth factor acutely perturbs actin filament anchorage at the epithelial zonula adherens. Current Biology, 21 (6), 503-507. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.02.018
Hu, Shu-Hong, Christie, Michelle P., Saez, Natalie J., Latham, Catherine F., Jarrott, Russell, Lua, Linda H. L., Collins, Brett M. and Martin, Jennifer L. (2011). Possible roles for Munc18-1 domain 3a and Syntaxin1 N-peptide and C-terminal anchor in SNARE complex formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108 (3), 1040-1045. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0914906108
Assembly and solution structure of the core retromer protein complex
Norwood, SJ, Shaw, DJ, Cowieson, NP, Owen, DJ, Teasdale, RD and Collins, BM (2011). Assembly and solution structure of the core retromer protein complex. Traffic, 12 (1), 56-71. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2010.01124.x
Survey of the year 2009: applications of isothermal titration calorimetry
Falconer, Robert J. and Collins, Brett M. (2011). Survey of the year 2009: applications of isothermal titration calorimetry. Journal of Molecular Recognition, 24 (1), 1-16. doi: 10.1002/jmr.1073
Structural and thermodynamic analysis of the GFP:GFP-nanobody complex
Kubala, MH, Kovtun, O, Alexandrov, K and Collins, BM (2010). Structural and thermodynamic analysis of the GFP:GFP-nanobody complex. Protein Science, 19 (12), 2389-2401. doi: 10.1002/pro.519
Drinkwater, Nyssa, Vu, Hoan, Lovell, Kimberly M., Criscione, Kevin R., Collins, Brett M., Prisinzano, Thomas E., Pulsen, Sally‑Ann, McLeish, Michael J., Grunewald, Gary L. and Martin, Jennifer L. (2010). Fragment-based screening by X-ray crystallography, MS and isothermal titration calorimetry to identify PNMT (phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase) inhibitors. Biochemical Journal, 431 (1), 51-61. doi: 10.1042/BJ20100651
Munc18-1 as a key regulator of neurosecretion
Han, GA, Malintan, NT, Collins, BM, Meunier, FA and Sugita, S (2010). Munc18-1 as a key regulator of neurosecretion. Journal of Neurochemistry, 115 (1), 1-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06900.x
Survey of the year 2008: Applications of isothermal titration calorimetry
Falconer, RJ, Penkova, A, Jelesarov, I and Collins, BM (2010). Survey of the year 2008: Applications of isothermal titration calorimetry. Journal of Molecular Recognition, 23 (5), 395-413. doi: 10.1002/jmr.1025
Jackson, Lauren P., Kelly, Bernard T., McCoy, Airlie J., Gaffry, Thomas, James, Leo C., Collins, Brett M., Honing, Stefan, Evans, Philip R. and Owen, David J. (2010). A large-scale conformational change couples membrane recruitment to cargo binding in the AP2 clathrin adaptor complex. Cell, 141 (7), 1220-1229. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2010.05.006
Vesicle transport: A new player in APP trafficking
Owen, DJ and Collins, BM (2010). Vesicle transport: A new player in APP trafficking. Current Biology, 20 (9), R413-R415. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.03.017
Han, Liping, Jiang, Tiandan, Han, Gayoung A., Malintan, Nancy T., Xie, Li., Wang, Li., Tse, Frederick W., Gaisano, Herbert Y., Collins, Brett M., Meunier, Frederic A. and Sugita, Shuzo (2009). Rescue of Munc18-1 and -2 double knockdown reveals the essential functions of interaction between Munc18 and closed syntaxin in PC12 cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 20 (23), 4962-4975. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E09-08-0712
Abrogating Munc18-1 SNARE complex interaction has limited impact on exocytosis in PC12 cells
Malintan, Nancy, Nguyen, Tam H, Han, Liping, Latham, Catherine F., Osborne, Shona L., Wen, Peter, Lim, Siew, Joo, Tiffany, Sugita, Shuzo, Collins, Brett M. and Meunier, Frederic A. (2009). Abrogating Munc18-1 SNARE complex interaction has limited impact on exocytosis in PC12 cells. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 284 (32), 21637-21646. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M109.013508
The structure and function of the retrometer protein complex.
Collins, B. M. (2008). The structure and function of the retrometer protein complex.. Traffic, 9 (11), 1811-1822. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2008.00777.x
Structure of Vps26B and Mapping of its Interaction with the Retromer Protein Complex
Collins, Brett M., Norwood, Suzanne J., Kerr, Markus C., Mahony, Donna, Seaman, Matthew N. J. and Teasdale, Rohan D. (2008). Structure of Vps26B and Mapping of its Interaction with the Retromer Protein Complex. Traffic, 9 (3), 366-379. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2007.00688.x
A SNARE-adaptor interaction is a new mode of cargo recognition in clathrin-coated vesicles
Miller, Sharon E., Collins, Brett M., McCoy, Airlie J., Robinson, Margaret S. and Owen, David J. (2007). A SNARE-adaptor interaction is a new mode of cargo recognition in clathrin-coated vesicles. Nature, 450 (7169), 570-574. doi: 10.1038/nature06353
Edeling, Melissa A., Mishra, Sanjay K., Keyel, Peter A., Steinhauser, Amie L., Collins, Brett M., Roth, Robyn, Heuser, John E., Owen, David J. and Traub, Linton M. (2006). Molecular Switches Involving the AP-2 Beta 2 Appendage Regulate Endocytic Cargo Selection and Clathrin Coat Assembly. Developmental Cell, 10 (3), 329-342. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2006.01.016
Prospect Eleven: Princeton University's entry in the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge
Atreya, Anand R., Cattle, Bryan C., Collins, Brendan M., Essenburg, Benjamin, Franken, Gordon H., Saxe, Andrew M., Schiffres, Scott N. and Kornhauser, Alain L. (2006). Prospect Eleven: Princeton University's entry in the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge. Journal of Field Robotics, 23 (9), 745-753. doi: 10.1002/rob.20141
Vps29 has a phosphoesterase fold that acts as a protein interaction scaffold for retromer assembly
Collins, Brett M., Skinner, Claire F., Watson, Peter J., Seaman, Matthew N. J. and Owen, David J. (2005). Vps29 has a phosphoesterase fold that acts as a protein interaction scaffold for retromer assembly. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 12 (7), 594-602. doi: 10.1038/nsmb954
gamma-COP appendage domain - Structure and function
Watson, Peter J., Frigerio, Gabriella, Collins, Brett M., Duden, Rainer and Owen, David J. (2004). gamma-COP appendage domain - Structure and function. Traffic, 5 (2), 79-88. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2004.00158.x
Adaptors for Clathrin Coats: Structure and Function
Owen, David J., Collins, Brett M. and Evans, Philip R. (2004). Adaptors for Clathrin Coats: Structure and Function. Annual Review of Cell And Developmental Biology, 20 (1), 153-191. doi: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.20.010403.104543
Structural basis for binding of accessory proteins by the appendage domain of GGAs
Collins, Brett M., Praefcke, Gerrit J. K., Robinson, Margaret S. and Owen, David J. (2003). Structural basis for binding of accessory proteins by the appendage domain of GGAs. Nature Structural Biology, 10 (8), 607-613. doi: 10.1038/nsb955
Binding partners for the COOH-Terminal appendage domains of the GGAs and gamma-adaptin
Lui, Winnie W. Y., Collins, Brett M., Hirst, Jennifer, Motley, Alison, Millar, Caroline, Schu, Peter, Owen, David J. and Robinson, Margaret S. (2003). Binding partners for the COOH-Terminal appendage domains of the GGAs and gamma-adaptin. Molecular Biology of The Cell, 14 (6), 2385-2398. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E02-11-0735
Collins, Brett M., Cubeddu, Liza, Naidoo, Nishen, Harrop, Stephen J., Kornfeld, Geoff D., Dawes, Ian W., Curmi, Paul M. G. and Mabbutt, Bridget C. (2003). Homomeric ring assemblies of eukaryotic Sm proteins have affinity for both RNA and DNA - Crystal structure of an oligomeric complex of yeast SmF. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278 (19), 17291-17298. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M211826200
Collins, Brett M., Watson, Peter J. and Owen, David J. (2003). The structure of the GGA1-GAT domain reveals the molecular basis for ARF binding and membrane association of GGAs. Developmental Cell, 4 (3), 321-332. doi: 10.1016/S1534-5807(03)00037-6
Molecular architecture and functional model of the endocytic AP2 complex
Collins, Brett M., McCoy, Airlie J., Kent, Helen M., Evans, Philip R. and Owen, David J. (2002). Molecular architecture and functional model of the endocytic AP2 complex. Cell, 109 (4), 523-535. doi: 10.1016/S0092-8674(02)00735-3
Collins, B. M., Harrop, S. J., Kornfeld, G. D., Dawes, I. W., Curmi, P. M. G. and Mabbutt, B. C. (2001). Crystal structure of a heptameric Sm-like protein complex from archaea: Implications for the structure and evolution of snRNPs. Journal of Molecular Biology, 309 (4), 915-923. doi: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4693
Corthals, GL, Collins, BM, Mabbutt, BC, Williams, KL and Gooley, AA (1997). Purification by reflux electrophoresis of whey proteins and of a recombinant protein expressed in Dictyostelium discoideum. Journal of Chromatography A, 773 (1-2), 299-309. doi: 10.1016/S0021-9673(97)00237-9
Characterisation of protein complexes essential to cellular trafficking
Livingstone, Emma, Whitten, Andrew, Weeratunga, Saroja, Martin, Jennifer and Collins, Brett (2018). Characterisation of protein complexes essential to cellular trafficking. 32nd Annual Symposium of the Protein Society, Boston, MA, 9-12 July 2018 . Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley-Blackwell.
Structural basis for the hijacking of endosomal sorting nexin proteins by Chlamydia trachomatis
Paul, B., Kim, H. S., Kerr, M. C., Huston, W. M., Teasdale, R. D. and Collins, B. M. (2017). Structural basis for the hijacking of endosomal sorting nexin proteins by Chlamydia trachomatis. Annual Joint Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology and the European Molecular Biology Organization (ASCB/EMBO), Philadelphia, PA United States, 2-6 December 2017. Bethesda, MD United States: American Society for Cell Biology.
Parkinson-associated VPS35 mutations alter retromer cellular functions
Teasdale, R., Follett, J., Bugarcic, A., Yang, Z. and Collins, B. (2015). Parkinson-associated VPS35 mutations alter retromer cellular functions. 25th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry Jointly with the 13th Meeting of the Asian Pacific Society for Neurochemistry in Conjunction with the 35th Meeting of the Australasian Neuroscience Society, Cairns, QLD Australia Conference, 23-27 August 2015. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/jnc.13185
Gallon, M., Clairfeuille, T., Collins, B. M. and Cullen, P. J. (2014). A unique PDZ domain and arrestin-like fold interaction reveals mechanistic details of endocytic recycling by SNX27-retromer. ASCB/IFCB Meeting, Philadelphia Pa, Dec 06-10, 2014. BETHESDA: AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY.
PX family proteins at the interface between intracellular trafficking and signalling
Ghai, R., Mobli, M., Norwood, S. J., Bugarcic, A., Teasdale, R. D., King, G. F. and Collins, B. M. (2012). PX family proteins at the interface between intracellular trafficking and signalling. 22nd IUBMB Congress/37th FEBS Congress, Seville, Spain, 4-9 September 2012. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.08705.x
Structural studies of clathrin adaptors
Collins, BM and Owen, DJ (2004). Structural studies of clathrin adaptors. Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Cell-Biology, Washington Dc, Dec 04-08, 2004. BETHESDA: AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY.
X-ray diffraction images related to PDB file 6E8R
Collins, Brett (2018). X-ray diffraction images related to PDB file 6E8R. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.497
From structural mechanisms of endosomal trafficking to therapies for neurodegenerative diseases
(2023–2027) NHMRC Investigator Grants
The functional architecture of a unique family of lipid droplet proteins
(2023–2026) ARC Discovery Projects
Nanocrystal Electron Diffraction Facility
(2023–2024) ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
(2022) Australian Synchrotron Access Program (ANSTO)
(2022) Australian Synchrotron Access Program (ANSTO)
Cryo-Focused Ion Beam Facility for soft and hard materials (ARC LIEF project administered by UNSW)
(2021–2022) University of New South Wales
(2021) Australian Synchrotron Access Program (ANSTO)
Lipid droplet membrane tethers at atomic resolution
(2020–2023) ARC Discovery Projects
Molecular basis for the assembly of caveolae membrane domains
(2020–2023) NHMRC IDEAS Grants
An integrated, multi-node bio-layer interferometry facility
(2020–2021) ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
Retromer assembly and targeting in neurodegenerative disease
(2019–2022) NHMRC Project Grant
(2019–2022) University of Melbourne
(2019–2021) Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
(2019) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Understanding the assembly of the Commander complex
(2019) NHMRC Project Grant
Peripheral Membrane Proteins In Health And Disease
(2018–2022) NHMRC Research Fellowship
Regulation of glutamate receptor trafficking by the calcium- and lipid-binding protein, copine-6
(2018–2021) NHMRC Project Grant
How do you SNARE a synaptic vesicle?
(2018–2020) NHMRC Project Grant
Unveiling the origin of Munc18-1 and alpha-synuclein co-aggregation at nanoscale
(2018–2020) NHMRC Project Grant
(2018–2019) Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Cryoelectron Microscopy Platform for Cellular Structural Biology
(2018) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
(2017–2018) Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
The endosome at atomic resolution
(2016–2019) ARC Discovery Projects
(2016–2017) Griffith University
Structural basis for the assembly of caveolae
(2015–2018) ARC Discovery Projects
Unraveling the dynamic Munc18a:Syntaxin1 interaction required for neurotransmission
(2015–2016) NHMRC Project Grant
(2015) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Endosomal sorting of amyloid precursor protein in Alzheimer's disease
(2014–2017) NHMRC Project Grant
(2014–2017) NHMRC Career Development Fellowship
(2014–2016) NHMRC Project Grant
(2013–2016) NHMRC Project Grant
Unravelling Munc18 dual function in exocytosis
(2013–2015) NHMRC Project Grant
Structural Analysis of a Novel Plasma Membrane Coat Complex
(2012–2014) ARC Discovery Projects
Endosomal protein sorting and APP processing in Alzheimer's disease
(2012–2013) NHMRC Project Grant
(2012–2013) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Defining the molecular mechanisms of intracellular protein trafficking
(2011–2014) ARC Future Fellowships
Auto-iTC200 microcalorimeter for high-throughput molecular interaction analyses
(2011) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Control of neurosecretion by Munc18
(2010–2012) NHMRC Project Grant
Myosin VI: a novel molecular apparatus for epithelial cohesion.
(2010–2012) NHMRC Project Grant
Small angle X-ray scattering of protein complexes regulating membrane trafficking
(2010) Australian Synchrotron Access Program
Endosomal Protein Transport: From Molecular Structures to Biological Function
(2009–2011) ARC Discovery Projects
From structures to systems: A hierachical approach to understanding sub-cellular components.
(2008–2010) ARC Discovery Projects
Developing a Molecular Understanding of Endosomal Membrane Trafficking
(2008–2009) UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards - DVC(R) Funding
Structural and cellular biology of endosomal membrane trafficking
(2007–2008) UQ Early Career Researcher
NHMRC: R Douglas Wright Biomedical Career Development Award
(2006–2011) NHMRC Career Development Award
The Molecular Mechanism Of Retromer And Sorting Nexin Function In Endosomal Membrane Trafficking
(2006–2008) ARC Discovery Projects
Structural Studies of Cavin Complex Formation and Interaction with Regulatory Proteins
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Structural Characterisation of Endosomal Trafficking Protein Sorting Nexin 27
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Structural and cellular analysis of Rab GTPases for drug development in cancer.
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Regulation of sorting nexin 27 by protein phosphorylation
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
The Role of Caveolar Proteins in Cancer
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Rational computational design of protein binders for biosensor and therapeutic applications
(2021) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Screening ligand-binding domains for rapid biosensor design and testing
(2021) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
(2021) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
E. coli Cell-Free Platform for Production of Complex Peptides and Proteins
(2020) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Characterisation of proteins essential to vesicle membrane fusion
(2019) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
(2019) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Structural studies of sorting nexin proteins from two distinct subfamilies
(2019) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Structural basis of protein cargo transport by sorting nexins
(2015) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Structure-function studies of the PX-FERM proteins in endosomal trafficking
(2013) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
(2011) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Understanding Protein Mediated Membrane Fusion
(2023) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Characterisation and roles of the postsynaptic Ca2+ sensor Copine-6 in primary neurons
(2019) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Dynamic Reorganization of Presynaptic Proteins During Neurotransmission and Neuronal Degeneration
(2019) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
(2019) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
The disulfide oxidative pathway in Chlamydia trachomatis
(2018) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Structural and functional characterisation of the cavin membrane coat complex
(2016) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Analysing the Mechanism and Regulation of Vinculin in Cadherin Adhesions
(2014) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Towards the development of a prokaryotic system for the in vitro study of caveola formation
(2014) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Novel approaches for understanding prenylation and Rho GTPase membrane targeting
(2013) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Role of Munc18-1 in regulating neuroexocytosis
(2012) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.
Developing synthetic nanobodies for high resolution structural studies
High resolution structural studies of the Commander protein complex essential for intracellular trafficking
Structure and function of endosomal sorting nexin proteins.